by janesavoie | Dec 31, 2019 | Motivation
All those things make you feel good right? I used to think so. I used to compliment all the other horses in the barn, thinking I would be helping their self esteem by reminding them how great they are. But, new studies indicate that this may not be the case. An...
by janesavoie | Dec 31, 2019 | Motivation
I’ve decided I want to be on Dancing with the Stars. I’ve never seen a dog on the show, and I think it’s time. Don’t you think so? Jane likes to dance, and sometimes we dance around the house together. My foxtrot is better than her’s, but...
by janesavoie | Dec 17, 2019 | Motivation
I was thinking about how slippery it is out on the wet grass, and sure enough, I slipped. I was thinking about how angry that gelding at the end of my stall row makes me, and sure enough I became angry. I was thinking about how I sometimes get a headache when a storm...
by janesavoie | Dec 17, 2019 | Motivation
I’ve put on a few pounds over the holidays. When Jane wasn’t looking, some friend of her’s shared some cookies with me. I swiped a few candy canes off the barn’s Christmas tree and stole half a bag of horse treats someone had left on the floor....
by janesavoie | Dec 3, 2019 | Motivation
A friend of mine in Australia wrote to me this week, expressing her excitement about learning dressage after a career on the race track. She had been a bit discouraged at her progress because she was used to being successful on the track mostly by her strong will and...
